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Course Criteria
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3.00 Credits
Three hours. Comparisons of the formal structures, political parties, and actual operations of the major nations of Europe.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours. The political development of the major nations of Asia and an examination of their governmental structure and political process. Emphasis is placed on China and Japan.
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Three hours. The Federal Constitution and the major court decisions interpreting the Constitution.
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Three hours. The development, structure, and behavior of the United States Congress and the President in the political process.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours. Causes of terrorism and insurgency, and the methods and goals of terrorists and insurgents in various parts of the world. Attention is also given to state-sponsored terrorism and methods of control for terrorism and insurgency.
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Three hours. An examination of the Canadian political, social, and cultural system, together with the historical, economic, and sociological factors of that system.
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Three hours. Same as PHI 421. Beginning with Plato and ending with Thomas Hobbes. The course explores such topics as the nature of normative theory, the state, the ideal state, the role of the individual in the state, natural law, the relationship between institutional religion and the state, the right to revolution, the state of nature, sovereignty, and the social contract. Portions of political classics are read to gain insight into what they would mean for present-day societies.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours. Same as PHI 422. Beginning with John Locke and continuing to the present. The course examines the state of nature, the social contract, separation of power, moral law, the universal state, the dialectical process, utilitarianism, the roots of capitalism, dialectical materialism and class conflict, anarchism, the nature of liberty, libertarianism, and justice. The writings of leading past political thinkers are read to see how they are still relevant for our time.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours each. Prerequisites: Twelve hours of Political Science including POS 115, 116; Junior or senior standing; and permission of instructor. Students compare and contrast theory and application while working on-the-job for a government agency or office.
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3.00 Credits
Three hours. Prerequisite: Junior or senior standing or permission of instructor. The basic approach and the methods used by the political scientist in the study of political attitudes, behavior, and values. Capstone course.
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